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Shows · The Boys from Syracuse · Alvin Theatre, 1938

The Boys from Syracuse, 1938

Opened November 23, 1938

Closed June 10, 1939

235 performances

Neil Simon Theatre

Original

Broadway

The Boys from Syracuse

Of the productions that opened in the 1930s, this had the 86th longest run.

Other stagings of The Boys from Syracuse 2 more

1963
ProductionLondon
2002
American Airlines TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Scott Ellis
73 performances

Who was in it74 named

Grace Albert
Micky Alvarez
Dolores Anderson
Carroll Ashburn
Libby Bennett
Ruth Brady
Florine Callahan
Renee Cettel
John Clarke
Stella Clauson
Alice Craig
Betty de Elmo
Buddy Douglas
Clifford Dunstan
Florence Fair
Bee Farnum
Sidney Gordon
Ruth Gormly
Joseph Granville
Joseph Harris
Claire Harvey
Robert Howard
Dan Karry
Laura Kellogg
Bob Lawrence
Lita Lede
Connie Leslie
Tom Lynch
Jack Malis
Owen Martin
Edwin Mills
Vivien Moore
John O Shaughnessy
Harry Peterson
Joseph Scandur
Byron Shores
Mildred Solly
Lee Tannen
Anna Mae Tesslo
Beau Tilden
Heidi Vosseler
Margaret Walsh
Davenie Watson
Armonce Wilkins
James Wilkinson
Claire Wolf
Herbert Wood
Danny Carroll as Dromio of Syracuse
Rudy Tronto as Dromio of Ephesus
Stuart Damon as Antipholus of Syracuse
Clifford David as Antipholus of Ephesus
Karen Morrow as Luce
Victoria Sherry as Adriana
? as Luciana
Cathryn Damon as The Courtesan
Marilyn Greenman as The Tailor's Apprentice
Stanley Phillips as Aegon
Stanley Kurtz as The Sorcerer
Joe Wessel as The Tailor
John Geister as A Sergeant
Peter Binder as Duke of Ephesus
Larry Haynes as Merchant of Ephesus

Creative team

Director
George Abbott
Choreographer
George Balanchine
Producer
George Abbott

Recordings

5 recordings of The Boys from Syracuse exist, but none were released while this run was on. See The Boys from Syracuse for all of them.

Around this production

George Abbott reportedly pitched the idea with one sentence: "If it\'s good enough for Shakespeare, it\'s good enough for us."

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